Answer:
He means that Carrier has cast a spell on people.
Explanation:
The word "bewitching" was used in the sense of "wearing a charm", so the author shows that Martha Carrier was accused of witchcraft because, according to her accusers, she had the ability to attract them, dominate them and exercise them a power that was evil, like a charm. These accusations were so powerful that they even had the ability to enchant Martha's inquisitors, making them look for more witnesses and until it was impossible to absorb her from the crime for which she was being tried.
Answer:
I already helped with 1, and i don't know the answer to some of them, but here are some more:
Number 3 is actually a common riddle that exchanges 3 different animals/foods throughout cultures. Here's the wikipedia page for "wolf, goat, cabbage" with the solution to the riddle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem
here's the solution with the animals from your version put in. It works because the crocodile doesn't want to eat the peanuts.
1. Take the dove over
2. Return
3. Take the crocodile or peanuts over
4. Return with the dove
5. Take the peanuts or crocodile over
6. Return
7. Take dove over
and for number 6, the answer is the letter U.
C?? not sure what the question marks are